Age of Imperialism
1800-1914
Maddie Bryant, Mikayla Klein, Hannah Gad
"I would annex the planets if I could." - Cecil Rhodes

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Terms
  • imperialism- is the extension of a nations power over other lands
  • protectorate- a political unit that depends on another government for its protection
  • indirect rule- is the colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status
  • direct rule- is the colonial government in which local elites are removed from power and replaced by a new set of officials brought from the mother country
  • annexed- to incorporate territory into an existing political unit, such as a city or a country
  • sepoy- is an Indian soldier hired by the British East India Company to protect the companys interests in the region
  • caudillo- in postrevolutionary Latin America, a strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite
  • extraterritoriality- is living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host countrys laws
  • self strenthening- a policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its confucian values and istitutions
  • sphere of influence- an area in which a foreign power has been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges

People
  • Daivd livingstone- he was the greatest African explorer in 1841- 1873. He was also the firat non African to cross Africa. He also discovered Victoria Falls in 1855, and he either went missing or died in 1871.
  • Henry Stanley- he was hired to go find David Livingstone after he went missing in 1871. Stanley and Livingstone opened the door for European Colonization of Africa.
  • Ferdinand De Lesseps- he was the French builder of the Suez Canal. He said the canal will open the world to people.
  • Menelik II- he was the Ethiopian Emperor in 1896 and in the battle of Adowa he defeated invading Italians.
  • Cecil Rhodes- he was the British Prime Minister of Cape Colony. He planned to build railroads in Cape to Cairo.
  • Queen Victoria
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Simon Bolivar
  • Thomas Macaulay

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Queen Victoria
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David Livingstone
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Thomas Macaulay
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Construction of the Suez Canal

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    Muhammad Ali
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    Ferdinand de Lesseps
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    Menelik II
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    Africa.
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    Cecil Rhodes
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    Henry Stanley